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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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