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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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