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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand these open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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