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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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