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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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