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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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