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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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