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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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