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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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