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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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