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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational ventures. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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