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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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