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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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