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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes 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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