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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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