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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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