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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education