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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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