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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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