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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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