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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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