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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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