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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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