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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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