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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not 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 subjects that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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