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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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