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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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