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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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