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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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