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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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