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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the sensational 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 scholarly new book also studies 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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