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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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