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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Students want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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