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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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