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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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