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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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