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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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