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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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