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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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