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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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