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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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