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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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