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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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