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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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