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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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