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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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