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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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