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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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