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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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