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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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