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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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