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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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