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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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