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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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