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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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