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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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