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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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