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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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