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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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