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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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