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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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