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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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