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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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