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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Burundi to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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