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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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