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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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