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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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