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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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