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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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