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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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