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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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