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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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