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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are generally 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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