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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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