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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Anguilla to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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