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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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