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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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