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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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