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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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