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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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