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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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