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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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