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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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