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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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