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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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