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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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