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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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