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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online 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 distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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