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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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