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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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