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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students 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 a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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