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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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