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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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