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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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