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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative 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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