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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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