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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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