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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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