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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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