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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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