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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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