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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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