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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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