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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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