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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education make it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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