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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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