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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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