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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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