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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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