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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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