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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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