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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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