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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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