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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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