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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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