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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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