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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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