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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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