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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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