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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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