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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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