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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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