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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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