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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bulgaria to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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