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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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