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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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