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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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