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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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