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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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