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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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