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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education enable humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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