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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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