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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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