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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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