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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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