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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive 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 authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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