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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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