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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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