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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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