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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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