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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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