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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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