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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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