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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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