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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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