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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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