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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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