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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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