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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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