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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing 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 education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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