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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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