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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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