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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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