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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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