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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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