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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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