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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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