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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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