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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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