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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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