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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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