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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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