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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Uganda to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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