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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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