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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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