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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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