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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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