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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education have made it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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