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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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