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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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