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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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