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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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