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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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