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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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