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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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