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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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