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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education enable humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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