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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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