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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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