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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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