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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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