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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes 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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