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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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