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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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