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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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