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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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