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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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