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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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