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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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