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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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