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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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