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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eritrea to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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