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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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