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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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