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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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