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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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