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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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