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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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