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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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