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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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