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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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