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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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