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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in digital education technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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