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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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