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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning make it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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