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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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