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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners 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 a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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