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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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