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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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