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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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