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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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