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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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