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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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