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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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