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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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