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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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