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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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