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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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