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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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