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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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