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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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