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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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