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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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