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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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