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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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