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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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