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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education are empowering learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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