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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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