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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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