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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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