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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology enable students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not 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 issues that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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