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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to understand these new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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