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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education enable humans all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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