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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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