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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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