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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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