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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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