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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open educational resources (OER). As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Modern evolvements in digital education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates? How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation.

There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? Administrators and many other participants would like to better grasp these open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the historical trends associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. For more details please visit this MOOC book site.

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