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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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