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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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