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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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