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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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