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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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