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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology enable students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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