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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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