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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important 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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