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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key 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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