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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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