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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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