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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key 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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