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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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