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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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