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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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