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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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