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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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