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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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