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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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