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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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