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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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