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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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