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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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