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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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