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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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