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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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