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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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