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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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