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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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