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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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