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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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