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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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