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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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