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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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