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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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