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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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