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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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