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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free 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 a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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