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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic educational technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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