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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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