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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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