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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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