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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Students want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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