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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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