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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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