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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand these important new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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