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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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