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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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