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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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