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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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