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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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