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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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