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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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