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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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