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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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