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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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