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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic educational technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants want to understand these significant new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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