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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key 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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