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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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