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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire 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 subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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