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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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