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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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