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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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