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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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