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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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