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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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