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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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