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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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