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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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