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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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