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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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