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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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