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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these MOOCs? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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