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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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