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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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