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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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