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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are empowering students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key 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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