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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum 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 resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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