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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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