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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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