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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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