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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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