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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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