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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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