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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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