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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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