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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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