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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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