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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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