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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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