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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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