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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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