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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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