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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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