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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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