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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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