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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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