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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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