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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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