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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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