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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)