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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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