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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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