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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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