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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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