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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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