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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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