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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates 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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