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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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