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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to take 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. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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