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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are commonly 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 many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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