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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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