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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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