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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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