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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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