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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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