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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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