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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data 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 interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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