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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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