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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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