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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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