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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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