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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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