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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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