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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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