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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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