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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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