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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate 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 free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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