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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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