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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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