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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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