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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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