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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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