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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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