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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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