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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts 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 dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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