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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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