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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning make it possible for students all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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