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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle 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 issues. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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