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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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