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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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