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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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