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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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