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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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