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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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