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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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