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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education have enabled students all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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