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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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