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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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