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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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