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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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