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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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