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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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