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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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