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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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