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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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