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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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