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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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