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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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