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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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