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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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