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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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