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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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