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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education ventures. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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