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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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