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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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