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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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