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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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