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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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