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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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