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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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