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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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