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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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