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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Brunei to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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