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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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