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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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