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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the 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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