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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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