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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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