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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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