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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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