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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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