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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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