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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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