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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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