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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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