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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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