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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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