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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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