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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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