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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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