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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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