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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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