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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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