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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education enable people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also talks about 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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