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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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