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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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