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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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