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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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