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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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