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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education enable students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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