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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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