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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Djibouti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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