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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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