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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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