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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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