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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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