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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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