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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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