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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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