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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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