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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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