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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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