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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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