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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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