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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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