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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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