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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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