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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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