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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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