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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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