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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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