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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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