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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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