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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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