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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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