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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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