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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important 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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