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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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