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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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