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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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