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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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