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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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