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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are making it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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