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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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