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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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