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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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