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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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