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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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