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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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