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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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