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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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