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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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