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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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