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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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