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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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