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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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