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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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