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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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