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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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