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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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