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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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