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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online education enable students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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