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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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