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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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