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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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