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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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