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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. People want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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