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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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