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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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