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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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