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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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