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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Slovenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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