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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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