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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp these open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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