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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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