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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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