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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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