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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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