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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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