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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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