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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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