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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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