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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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